White v. Belgrave

By Judge Edward L. Hogshire

This is a medical malpractice action in which the plaintiff, Dorothy Ross White, claims to have suffered injury while under the care of the defendants, Sonia V. Belgrave and Agnes Porterfield, registered nurses at the University of Virginia Medical Center. The Defendants have filed special pleas of sovereign immunity, which, if granted, would limit Plaintiff’s right of recovery. Whitley v. Commonwealth, 260 Va. 482, 493, 538 S.E.2d 296, 302 (2000). As the moving parties, the Defendants have the burden of proving the matters before the court. Id. After careful…